Infant&#39;s dressing stand



-W. B. DRIVER.

INFANTS"DRESSINGVSTAND. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11, 1920.

Patnted'Alm- 15, 19 2 2.

UNITED STATES PnTENT omce.

wILRuR R. DRIVER, or EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO NEWMANUFACTURING 00., A CORPORATION oF'NEw YORK.

YORK. BATH INFANTS DRESSING STAND.

To all whom it may camera: I Be it' known that I, WILBUR B. DRIVER, acitizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, county of Essex,and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Infants Dressing Stands, fully described andrepresentedin the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming apart of the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in dressing stands forinfants.

It is the especial object of the present nvention to produce a stand-onwhich an mfant may be dried after its bath or otherwise cared for, thusavoiding the necessity of holding the infant in the lap and permittin itto be better and more easily handled, t is stand being provided withmeans for preventing the infant from accidentally rollin off the stand.

A urther, object of; theiinvention is to provide a stand which shallbe'light, which ca gghe folded up so as to be readily transferable ';andstored in a small space, and whichfinay'. be provided with aprotectingSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 15, 1922- Applicationfiled March 11, 1920. Serial No. 364,908.

- legs 3 are connected by a similar-tie rod 5.

best form of for holdinothe legs in open These parts may conveniently bemade of wood, or any light metal may be employed. These pairs of legsare movable on pivots- 2, to open and closed position, and in the standsmeans will shown in *ig. 1. Whilethis means may be, var ed, as thereshown, there is provided at each end of the stand latches 6, beingpivapron having pockets or receptacles carrying toilet articles.

With these and other objects not speclfically referred to, inview, theinvention consists incertainnovelconstructions and parts which will .befully described in connection with the-accompanying drawings and. then i-specifically pointed out in the claims hereunto appended,

In these drawings: ,Flglll'e -1 is a perspective view of. the improvedstand in its preferred form.

Figure 2 is a. central vertical sect on through the stand shown inFig. 1. s

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view on an enlarged scale: showingthemethod of attaching the fabric tothe stand.

Referring now to the drawi'ngs, the stand in its preferred formwill be afoldlng stand,

that'is, a stand which may be collapsed so that it can-be readilycarried about and can be kept, when notin use, in a small space, whichis an item of importance in bath room furniture.

In the construction shown, there is pro vided a pair of oppositelydisposed legs 1,

pivotally secured at 2, to a similar pair of oppositely disposed legs 3.The legs- 1 are connected. together by a tie rod 4, and the.

oted at 7 to one of the legs hooked ends 8 adapted to take on the otherlegs. the firmly locked in open position.

and having over pins 9 be provided position, as

With this construction; parts may be readily collapsed or held Securedto the upper ends of the legs are transverse supporting bars 10', 11,which form supports for the flexible fabric as canvas 1 2, which whenthe parts are in open positlon extendsbetween the supports and .on whichtheinfant rests. Thisfabric is secured at one end to one of thesupports, as 10, in any suitable manner,

between the supports and is secured to the various ways, a simple andconvenient wayis that illustrated in which the, fabric is depressedbetween the supporting bars. This is done by providing what may betermed stretcher bars 15, one of these bars being provided at each sideof .the frame, being secured. in the legs and located a suiiicientdistance below the supporting bars 10, 11 to form ridges or walls 16, ofthe desired depth. The fabric 12 is looped around under the stretcherbars as shown in Figs. .2 and 3, and if desired may be caught bystitches 17 or other suitable fastening devices for holding bars. Withthis constructionv a firm support for the infant is provided and onewhich tends to prevent the infant from accidentally falling off thesupport.

In constructions embodying the invention in its bestform, anapron willbe provided for protecting the person attending the-infant from beingwet. While this apron y ns". of tacks 13. The fabric is extendedajcrossso be forme'd' in the apron, these-pocketsformmay be formed in variousways, preferably the fabric '12 is extended at one side beyond 1 thesupporting bars, as beyond bar 11, to

form the apron, marked 18, and furthermore inthe best cdnstrhctions'thisextension is'cut away centrally, as indicated 3 at 19, to provide roomforthe knees of a sitting person. If desired large pockets 20 may beformed on each side'of the apron and additional middle pockets-21 maylikewise ing convenient meansfor holding small .toilet articles orarticles of wearing apparel. 1 It will be seen by the construction shownand described, that a very convenient dressingstand has been provided,in which'there isa comfortable support for the infant, so

formedas to prevent the infant from accidentally falling off thestand,and at the same time a protection for the person attending theinfant.

While the invention has been shown and described inits preferred form,it will be understood that various changes may be made in the means forproducing the walls 7 or ridges and in the means for securing the posedsupporting" bars secured lengthwise to the upper portions of the opposedlegs, a

fabric top secured to the supporting bars and extending therebetween andstretcher rods at each side of'the frame upon which the fabric isstretched, said rods being located below the supporting bars and actingto de.

press the fabric slightly between the bars and thus form lowsidewiseextending ridges or walls, as and for the purpose described.

2. A dressing stand for infants, comprising a folding frame includingopposedpairs of pivotallyconnected legs and supporting bars secured tothe upper ends of the legs,

and a. fabric topsecured to the bars and ,eX-' tending between themandextended atone side so as to depend below the bar at that side andform a protecting apron, a latch bar pivoted to one leg and adapted forre-'. movable engagement with the other'leg to releasably hold the framein an extended position, and stretcher rods located below the supportsaround which the fabric ispassedy-andacting to slightly depress thefabric between the bars and form low ridges or walls ,as and for thepurpose described.

3. A. dressing stand for infants, comprising a folding frame includingopposed pairs of pivotally connected legs, a latchassociatedwith eachpair of legs for releasably holding the same extended, opposedsupporting bars connected to the upper portions of the opposite legs,stretcher rodslocated slightly-belmvthe supporting bars and connectedwith the opposite legs and a fabric top secured to the bars and aboutthe rods so that the rods will hold the apron relatively taut andprovide opposed ledges substantially as described and for the purposesset forth. v

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

'WILBUR B. DRIVER.-

